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Internet Modern History Sourcebook
British Empire History
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Contents
British Imperialism
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Medieval Antecedents
- Angevin Empire
- Plantagenets in France (Hundred Years War)
- Ireland
- Gerald of Wales (1146-1225): The Conquest of Ireland Book I, Chapter 46: Description of Henry II, king of the English. [At this Site]
- Wales
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Tudor
- Henry VIII and the word "Empire"
- The Ecclesiastical Appeals Act 1532 (24 Hen 8 c 12) [Was at FreeUK, now Internet Archive], Partial text at Wikipedia
Also called the Statute in Restraint of Appeals, the Act of Appeals and The Act of Restraints in Appeals April 1533
The first claim that England was an imperial crown
- Wales
- Laws in Wales Acts 1535 and 1542 exceprts, with links to full texts [Wikipedia]
These caused Wales to be annexed to England, and to make English law and language the norm.
- Sea Power
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The First British Empire
- Elizabeth I
- James I and VI
- West Indies
- North America
- Slave Trade
- Commerce
- The End of the First British Empire: American Independence
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The Second British Empire
- Seven Years War
- India, Australia, Canada, South Africa
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India and the Raj
- India
- Conquest
- Administration until 1857
- Cultural Conflict
- The Indian Revolt 1857
- Administration after 1857
- Economics of Raj
- Afghanistan
- Persia and the Great Game
- The Gulf
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Canada
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Australia and New Zealand and Oceania
- Australia
- Transportation
- Gold Rush
- New Zealand
- Oceania
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The Mediterranean
- Gibraltar
- Cyprus
- Corfu
- Malta
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Slavery and Abolition
- Slavery
- Abolitionism
- Abolition
- Royal Naval Squadrons
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Hong Kong and China
- Contacts
- Opium Trade
- Hong Kong
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Singapore and Malaya
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South Africa
- Chief Moshweshewe: Letter to Sir George Grey 1858 [On the
establishment of Basutoland][At this Site]
- Boer States
- Cape Colony
- Wars
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East Africa
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West Africa
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Egypt
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Economic Imperialism
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Mandates
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Dissolution
- WEB From Colonialism to Independence: The British Empire 1857-1965 [SOAS] [Internet Archive backup here]
- Apogee and after
- Attitudes in Britain
- Ireland
- Home Rule
- 1916
- Independence
- Statute of Westminister
- India
- Amritsar
- Famines
- Jabez Sunderland: The New Nationalist Movement in India The Atlantic Monthly, October 1908, [Was At The
Atlantic, now Internet Archive]
- Bal Gangadhar Tilak (1856-1920): Address to the Indian National
Congress 1907 [At this Site]
- Mohandas K. Gandhi (1869-1948): Indian Home Rule 1909 [Was At WSU, now Internet Archive]
- Mohandas K. Gandhi (1869-1948): I Shall Be Arrested
1930, letter written to Nehru [Was At Letters Magazine, now Internet Archive]
- Jawaharlal Nehru (1889-1964): To His Jailers 1932
[Was At Letters Magazine, now Internet Archive]
letter written by Nehru while in jail for civil disobedience against the British
government.
- Jawaharlal Nehru (1889-1964): Marxism, Capitalism and
Non-Alignment 1941, 1956, excerpts [At this Site]
- Winston Churchill: Announcement
to the House Of Commons of Sir Stafford Cripps' Mission to India March 11, 1942. [At
PHA] [Internet Archive version here]
- Statement And Draft
Declaration by His Majesty's Government With Correspondence And Resolutions Connected
Therewith (Sir Stafford Cripps' Mission to India), Draft Declaration For Discussion With
Indian Leaders Published 30th March, 1942 [At PHA] [Internet Archive version here]
- Government of India: Text
of the Original "Quit India" Resolution Drafted by Gandhi and rejected by
the All-Idia Congress Working Committee in favor of the modified version submitted by
Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, the Gandhi Draft was Presented to the Committee on April 27, 1942
[At PHA] [Internet Archive version here]
- Sir Stafford Cripps: Review
of Negotiations With the All-India Congress July 26, 1942 [At PHA] [Internet Archive version here]
- Sir Stafford Cripps: Statement
on India London, August 5, 1942 [At PHA] [Internet Archive version here]
- Mohandas K. Gandhi: Speech
to the All-India Congress Bombay, August 7, 1942 (Excerpts) [At PHA] [Internet Archive version here]
- Leopold S. Amery, British Secretary of State For India: Broadcast London,
August 9, 1942 [At PHA] [Internet Archive version here]
- Orders to American Military Forces in India August 12, 1942 [At PHA] [Internet Archive version here]
- Winston Churchill: Report
to the House of Commons on The Policy of The British Government in India September
10, 1942 [At PHA] [Internet Archive version here]
- Mohandas K. Gandhi: Latest
Message to America October 31, 1942 [At PHA] [Internet Archive version here]
- 2ND Robert K. Olson: Ambassador Henry Grady and Indian Independence [Was At UNC, now Internet Archive]
- British Government Statement: Policy in India
1946 [At this Site]
- Jawaharlal Nehru (1889-1964): Speech On the Granting of Indian
Independence August 14, 1947 [At this Site]
- Pakistan
- Burma
- Palestine and Israel
- Africa
- Hong Kong
- The Commonwealth
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Assessments
- Motives
- Assessments
- The British Empire in British Schools
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NOTES:
The Internet Modern Sourcebook is part of the Internet History Sourcebooks Project. The date of inception was
9/22/1997. Links to files at other site are indicated by [At some indication of the site
name or location]. Locally available texts are marked by [At this Site]. WEB indicates a link to one of small
number of high quality web sites which provide either more texts or an especially valuable
overview.
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